Breakfast Casserole

by Catherine Diane Welch
(Georgetown, TN, USA)

Easy Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole

Every Christmas Eve for approximately 20 years, I have made "Breakfast Casserole". Then early Christmas mornings it was popped in the oven & baked while my sons opened their Santa's gifts. When the presents were all opened, a delicious hot breakfast was ready to eat.

One year I was planning our Christmas Menu, and mentioned that I might not prepare "Breakfast Casserole" and both sons exclaimed ....it would not be Christmas without "Breakfast Casserole".

A Welch tradition was born... "Christmas Breakfast Casserole"

Breakfast Casserole Recipe:

6-8 slices buttered bread with edges trimmed

2 lbs TN Pride Sausage (1 hot & 1 mild flavor)

1 small onion, chopped

1 medium bell pepper, chopped

2 cups finely shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese

6 eggs, well beaten

2 cups half & half cream

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

Breakfast Casserole Directions:

Place trimmed buttered bread with buttered side down in a 9x13x2 inch baking pan.